TT legend and BTCC champion swap machines and race



When you see sportspeople excelling, you assume that their skills are pretty discipline-specific. You wouldn't expect to find Usain Bolt on the javelin field, while David Beckham is unlikely to have ever turned his hand at netball...

However, this apparently isn't the case in the motoring world, as Honda and Dunlop Tyres proved when they challenged TT rider John McGuinness and BTCC driver Gordon Shedden to a race upon their opponent's machine.

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